Advisors Prepare To Test National Groundwater Monitoring Plan

A federal advisory committee is preparing to seek volunteers to pilot test a plan to provide national data on groundwater quality and quantity, which the advisors say is critical to ensuring adequate supplies of drinking water and preventing damage from geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and increased biofuel production. Earlier this month, the Subcommittee on Ground Water (SOGW), part of the federal Advisory Committee on Water Information, released a document outlining a national framework for groundwater monitoring in which...